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Episode #0477! Mike and Joe dig into some of the hidden easter eggs littered through the eighth Dragon Ball Z film. From the Turtle Hermit busting out an Arale mask, to Kuririn singing a popular folk song, to Gohan’s seminar application, the film is a freeze-frame-frenzy of fun! A brief news recap and continued wiki teases round out the episode.

Episode Synopsis

After some convincing, Vegeta finally lets Cell go. Fleeing through the air, Cell discovers No. 18 and 16 hidden in the woods. Cell attacks, trying to absorb No. 18, but Trunks stops him. However, Vegeta wants to fight Cell in his perfect form, and actually attacks Trunks. In order to not have the Hellish future he has seen repeat itself, Trunks attacks Vegeta. Kuririn and the rest try to flee as Trunks fights Cell. But Cell uses the Taiyō-Ken to blind them all, and finally absorbs No. 18. Having absorbed No. 18 at last, Cell begins to transform, giving off ki formidable enough to shake the entire planet.

Next Time:“The Tables Have Turned! Perfect Form Cell Finally Goes into Action”

Episode Notes

While the original broadcast of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement. The credits below reflect those from the original broadcast in which Kenji Yamamoto is credited as the series’ musical composer, although Shunsuke Kikuchi is credited as such in all subsequent re-airings and all home video releases of this episode.

Re-animated Scene Gallery

This collection compiles all re-animated scenes featured in this episode’s original broadcast, listed in order of appearance. Each re-animated scene will be presented with a screen shot from the original Dragon Ball Z TV series (left) and another taken from the Dragon Ball Kai TV broadcast (right). In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was broadcast in widescreen, so these comparisons will maintain this proper aspect ratio. All original comparison screen shots were taken from the Japanese Dragon Boxes and maintain their proper 4:3 aspect ratios. It should be noted that some of these re-animated scenes only appear in the widescreen presentation of the series and were possibly omitted from fullscreen releases, both domestically and internationally.

Episode Credits

All credits listed below are as originally presented in the episode. The credit structure used in Dragon Ball is actually quite simple; the staff involved with the production of the series as a whole are listed in the opening credits and the staff involved with this specific episode are listed in the ending credits. All original credit errors have been corrected to maintain accurate spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series staff, visit the Production Guide.

Cast Credits

The cast credits are listed in order of character importance within the series. For more detailed information about the series cast, visit the Cast Guide.

Megumi Maruo

塚田徹郎

Tetsurō Tsukada

デジタルマスタリング協力

Digital Mastering Coordination

小林宣弘

Nobuhiro Kobayashi

演出

Director

野渡康弘

Yasuhiro Nowatari

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